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New Jersey, United States

Bristol, Pennsylvania, United States

Bristol, Pennsylvania, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

A CPG start-up incubator and consulting firm specializing in food and beverage entities providing expertise in areas of Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Creative and Strategy. Leverage leadership expertise to oversee all aspects of supply chain, as well as co-packer, raw material selection/sourcing and pricing. Assisted multiple startups in rebranding.

Greater New York City Area

Assisted with the development of an expanded line of products to include six distinct SKU's. Managed and reconciled raw materials and finished goods inventories at multiple co-packers and warehouses. Coordinated several production relationships to provide alternative packaging and packing solutions while significantly reducing COGS.

Hamilton, New Jersey

Oversaw $50MM in raw material expenditure. Spearheaded the development and implementation of the company’s first capital expenditure (a $3.1MM automated variety packing production line).Minimized Cost Of Goods Sold (COGS) by 18% through exemplary package redesign and vendor consolidation.

Staten Island

Identified and capitalized on opportunities for multiple plants offering new packaging solutions. Served as a Gold Member of the Pinnacle Club. Earned recognition for expanding the territory from $0 to $12MM annually over 36 months.

Sold POP Displays and industrial brown packaging from numerous manufacturing plants. Increase value of customer's packaging by performing thorough analysis of its needs and uses from conception to distribution. Help reduce overall cost of packaging and improve packaging efficiency.

Maintained responsibility for $42MM in sales; generated $4MM+ in annual cost savings to customers. Was a member of Temple-Inland Sales President's Council group recognized as the #1 local sales representative company -wide from 2003 - 2010.

Spotswood, NJ Box Plant

Responsible for tracking and improving customer's return PPM. Acted as a subject matter expert by developing and teaching a Quality of Boxmanship training class.

Assisted Sales Representatives with product trials at new accounts. Oversaw an extensive territory (from Virginia to Maine). Taught a starch seminar at Machine Manufacturers’ Facilities.

Tested ground and aerial refueling equipment for placement on the Qualified Products List. Evaluated findings on fuel system performance for the Tomahawk Cruise Missile.